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In progress - July 2022

 Wind/Water/Salt

Chapters 39-51: Still need to take up comments and revise. 

Persephone (probably not its real name): While lying awake with Covid I had a genius idea for the ending. I'd already had a vague idea of how things end, but this was part of the mechanism that makes it happen, and it's in keeping with the characters' attitudes so I guess it was worth the wait? 
Short Stories: I carried one around for a while but did not look at it. 
Critted 7 Got back 0
Submissions 0 Out there 1 Rejects 0

Knitting
  • Striped long-sleeved t-shirt (self).  Started the month with an inch of the first sleeve. My schedule for the rest of the year's knitting says I had to complete two sleeves this month. This should have been one of them. It was not. 
  • Tay Tartan cardigan (Martin Storey). Started the month with 9 inches of the first sleeve. According to that above-mentioned schedule, I should have finished this sleeve too. It is also not finished.    
  • Extra Whip socks (Coffeehouse knits). Finished the fifth sock, started the sixth.
  • I Yam pullover (self). Eight inches of back. I wanted to see how much yarn the back uses, and then do a sleeve to know if I'll need more yarn. So I finished the back and started a sleeve. If I hadn't started this, I might have finished one or both of those sleeves on other projects. Sigh. I just like this better. As long as I do a couple of rows on those other projects, I guess it's okay that I have this now? As long as I don't start anything else! (except socks, socks are always allowed.)  
Cut out a jumper to go with that t-shirt. 

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